Production Line Lead - 3rd Shift

Mars; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Short-term disability

Life insurance

Pet insurance discounts

Wellness benefits

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Natures Bakery in Salt Lake City, Utah is seeking a Shift Supervisor to coordinate the packaging team, ensuring quality, safety, and adherence to production schedules. The role focuses on maintaining clean, safe work areas and effective communication with production leaders to support overall plant performance.

You will oversee start-up, changeovers, and shut-downs of packaging equipment, train and coach team members, and ensure that packing standards and KPI targets are met daily.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating a production team to meet quality and safety targets.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing and GMP/OSHA practices.
• Ability to train, coach, and motivate team members and manage shifting schedules.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities of the packaging team to meet production schedules and quality standards.
• Maintain a neat, safe, and orderly work area following GMP and OSHA requirements.
• Lead start-up, changeover, and shut-down of packaging equipment.
• Develop and communicate KPI metrics; prepare daily production and staffing reports.
• Pass down training, company values, and SOPs to new hires.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Lean manufacturing

Safety compliance

Job description

Job Description:

Shift: 3rd Shift

SUMMARY

Coordinates the activities of assigned team members on matters related to: production, such as the quality and safety of food products being packaged; the safety of team members; the ongoing housekeeping of assigned areas; adherence to the production schedule, such as rest and lunch breaks; optimizing line efficiencies under the guidance from Line or Area Supervisor; and timely and effective communications with production leaders to support overall production effectiveness.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Maintains the entire work area in a neat, safe and orderly fashion using Lean Manufacturing techniques.

Complies with all Company and Plant policies and procedures including conformance to the facilities’ GMP program (Good Manufacturing Practices).

Ensures all OSHA guidelines are followed and reports any unsafe conditions to leadership immediately. Validates the use of the Plants’ lockout tagout procedures, job rotation program, etc. as needed. Promotes a positive and a safe work environment.

Adherence to schedule by following outlined schedule week to week. The ability to react to schedule changes depending on flavor/pack type change overs. Monitors case attainment to react appropriately when falling behind or ahead of schedule.

Responsible for packaging standards being met including film, carton, case, and code date, packaging integrity, and quality checks on each packaging order.

Equipment set-up to centerline settings. i.e., wrappers, carton closers, carton formers, jet printers, etc.

Handle start up, change over, and shut down duties pertaining to packing equipment at the beginning, middle, and end of each shift.

Responsible to communicate, train, coach, and motivate team members during employment with Natures Bakery.

Fill in as necessary due to callouts, vacation, PTO, and all other absences.

Responsible to pass down training information, processes, procedures, company values, among other notifications to new hires and ensure existing personnel is up to date on those same items.

Loads, removes, and/or off bears materials and products into machines and equipment, using hand tools and moving devices.

Communicating with supervisors, peers, and team members by telephone, written form, e-mail, and/or in person.

Establish and maintain interpersonal relationships by developing constructive and cooperative working relationship with others.

Identify information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing, differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Assist in developing SOP’s.

Create daily reports regarding staffing, production numbers, scrapped material, and encountered issues throughout the shift.

Develops, maintains, and communicate visual key performance indicators (KPI’s) to provide ongoing feedback regarding productivity, quality, safety and sanitation and housekeeping. Conducts daily post op meetings for employees covering prior days’ performance and current days’ requirements.

Other responsibilities as communicated by the supervisor.

What we offer you

Our team members' physical and mental health is important to a thriving workplace. That’s why we offer the following benefits to full-time employees:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance offered for eligible employees
• 401(k) plan with a company match that veston day 1 of eligibility
• Paid vacation
• Paid time off
• Holiday pay (11 days)
• Paid short-term disability
• Paid life insurance
• Banfield Pet Insurance Discounts
• Wellness Benefits and Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program

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